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Hi there |
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I just upgraded an older notebook with r8169 network chip to new kernel 5.4 |
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(sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-5.4.28) with genkernel. |
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After booting the new kernel the network adapter was not initialized, no |
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network interface eth0. |
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Dmesg says |
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[ 6.390973] r8169 0000:08:00.0: realtek.ko not loaded, maybe it needs to be |
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added to initramfs? |
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[ 6.392864] r8169: probe of 0000:08:00.0 failed with error -2 |
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After searching with google I found a thread in the kernel mailing list |
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https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204343 |
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The cause is a soft depencency to module realtek.ko, which needs to be loaded |
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first. |
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Doing this manually, i.e. rmmod r8169 && modprobe realtek && modprobe r8169 |
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works fine; network interface eth0 gets configured and is operating. |
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Since the kernel loads the network module before systemd is running, it has to |
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be configured in initrd somehow. |
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So, the final question is, how to get that into initrd with genkernel? |
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I need to add something like this |
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cat /etc/modprobe.d/realtek |
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Softdep r8169 pre: realtek |
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How do I get this into initrd with genkernel-next? |
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Thanks in advance |
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Alex |
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PS |
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Profile: |
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default/linux/amd64/17.0/desktop/plasma/systemd |
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Relevant packages: |
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sys-apps/gentoo-systemd-integration-7 |
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sys-apps/kmod-26-r5 |
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sys-apps/systemd-244.3 |
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sys-kernel/genkernel-next-69 |
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sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-5.4.28 |
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Lspci |
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08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 |
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PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03) |
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